“Coming Tuesday (Hopefully): The State of the Union's Economy…”

Monday, February 11, 2013

“The State of the Union provides a unique opportunity to focus the entire nation's attention on the central issue you want the nation to help you take action on.” We need President Obama to focus “on the joblessness, falling real wages, economic insecurity, and widening inequality that continue to dog the nation.” These are the largest obstacles we face as a nation, and until we resolve them, nothing else can get done.

White House officials said President Obama will vow to “use the power of his office to recapture robust job growth and economic expansion,” by strengthening the middle class. It’s clearer than ever that Congress won’t do its job, so let’s make sure the president knows we need him to take action to get us back on the right track.

For months, President Obama has been urging Congress to offset the $1.2 trillion in sweeping spending cuts set to kick in on March 1.With just three weeks left to act, the White House is pressing the fact that the across-the-board cuts would hurt the…middle class.”

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The great American middle class wasn’t something that just happened – it was built brick by brick. It was built by soldiers returning from war and a government that repaid them by giving them a shot at college.

What the wealthy and well-connected figured out is that they have strength in numbers: the numbers of dollars they contribute to politicians. It’s time working and middle class Americans use our strength in numbers to reclaim the American Dream. We need a counterweight to the power of big money – and that’s the power of big numbers, the power of ordinary people who work for a living demanding to have our voices heard – from the workplace to Washington.